Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10765, John Dulin, Penn

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Penn
Dulin, John Sarah
W. 10765-
CONTENTS

18.909 -  Pittsburgh Agency John Galin
of Washington Co in the State of Penna who was a D te Sgt in the Company commanded by Captain Wright of the Regt commanded by Col Red Hand in the Pennsylvania Militia
6 Mo. 20. 00 1 Sgt. 5 $25. 00
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency at the rate of 25 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of October 1833 and sent to Ben h S. Stewart, Washington, Pa
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 - 62. 50 Forwant. allowance ending 4 th Mch '34 - 12. 50 $75. 00
Revolutionary Claim, set June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 5 Page 94
order to pay May 11, 1837. Letter to James Glasgow & Pittsburgh Pension Agent Feb 2 nd 1846.

Ohio
374
May
Reported
Sarah Dublin widow of John Dublin who was a Private & Serjt. Pa in the Revolution
husband died 21 May 1845
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
21 May, 1845
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of April, 1847 and sent to
Jamy E. Glasgow, Wooster, Ohio.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book
6
Vol.
2
Page
202

Declaration of John Durling State of Pennsylvania Washington County
On this 20 th day of June personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting John Durling a resident of Hopewell Township in the County & State aforesaid, aged seventy three years on the 8 th day of May last, after being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers named as herein stated.
I was born on the 8 th of May 1760 - There was a record of my age in my father's old family bible from which I procured a copy, but I cannot now tell where or who has the old record. When I first entered the service I lived in Canton Township, Washington County

Since the Revolutionary war I have continually lived in Washington Pa and I now live in the same place The first term which I served I was drafted for one month, but in all subsequent ser- vices I was a volunteer 1st I was drafted same time in the spring of 1778 for one month, the whole of which time I served as orderly or first sergeant to my Company I also drew the rations for the whole Company and distributed them among the soldiers. So I filled the double office of sergeant and distributing commis- sary for the whole time. Captain Wright com- manded the Company to which I was attached. We were marched immediately from Wash- ington County Pa to Pittsburgh (at that time called Forks De Quesne or Forks Pitt) When we reached Fork Pitt our Company with some other troops were placed in the Fort to keep it all under the Command of General Hand, if there were any other officers I have forgotten their names, we were drafted and ordered to this place to occupy the fort merely the regular soldiers who had occupied it before that time having been ordered east of the

- of the Miamis and the Shawnees had to take their place. The company to which I was attached remained in the Forts for the whole month, and we were then marched to our homes about 20 miles distant and discharged without having been in any engagement during the term.
My second term of service lasted for six months during which time I served as a private and volunteer.
In April 1780 I left my home in Washington County and descended the Ohio river to its falls at Louisville, where I arrived on the 10 th of the same month. On the next day I volunteered into the frontier service to protect the settlements from the incursions of the Indians, and mar- ched immediately to Henderson's town in the interior of Kentucky, about 80 miles from the Ohio, where we were fortified. Here were about 30 of us in the Fort com- manded by Capt. Denton. In July following we were ordered to join an expedition against the Pickaway villages of the Indians on the Ohio river. We joined about three hundred other troops under the command

of General Clarke at present I am unable to recollect the names of any other officers who were with me on this occasion except that of my own Captain - Denton. I had very little opportunity to become acquainted with the officers because I was for the whole distance, attached to the baggage guard. We crossed the Ohio at a near the mouth of the Miami river and marched through the state of Ohio to the Pickaway villages, when we arrived at the first town the Indians had abandoned it. We cut down their corn and encamped for the night a short distance from the town. On the next morning (which was the seventh day of August 1780) we marched towards the other town. When we came in sight of the town we found the savages ready to give us battle - they fired from their cabins at first but were soon compelled to abandon them by our artillery. They then took to the woods where they sustained the fight for some time but were finally completely routed, leaving 16 or 17 of them various dead on the field. The last about 30 men in the whole campaign - 16 or 17 of whom were slain in the battle of the Pickaway.

We then burnt the village and destroyed every thing we could lay our hands on, and then commenced our march towards Kentucky. on our return - we destroyed the other village by firing it - we pursued our way homewards rapidly . The com- pany to which I was attached returned directly to the Forks of Harrods town which we had left from we left the forks until we re- turned was just forty eight days we remained in the forks until the mid- dle of October making in all the time we were fortified & the time taken up in the Campaign to Picketway full six months - At the termination of my first months service at Picketway I re- ceived no written discharge , but I did receive a written discharge when I left the forks of Harrods town in Kentucky which I have lost many years since as you now recollect by whom it was signed I know of no other way whose certificate can be procured in conformity to the reg- ulations of the War Department
I do not know

of any person living who has a personal knowledge of my services (except Archibald Allison whose affidavit is hereto annexed. I have no other documentary evidence to prove my services not could procure any The following named persons can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution viz: Thomas Uriel Robert Law George Ramsey David Craig Joseph Pyles John Gilchrist. —
I hereby relinquish any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid in open Court and in the presence of the Judges then of
Thomas Officer Pro. John Dulin
We Joseph Pyles John Sharp & Thos Uriel residing in the County of Washington and State of Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Dulin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, past, that he is

reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Officer Pro
Joseph Pyle Thos. Uri
John Sharp
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states — And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jas Pyle Thos Uri & John Sharp who have signed the preceding certificates are residents in the County of Washington & State of Penn a and are credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit I Thomas Officer Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Dalin for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of my office this 20 th day of June A.D. 1833
Thomas Officer Prothon.

28. 1857 John Dalin
Admit- 6 months 1 mo. left
Benj. J. Stewart Washington.      Pox Washington Co. Pa.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
John Dulin, Washington Co.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778. 1 - Sgt. Capt Wright 73 Do. Living Witness   1780 6 Pr. Genl Hand -   Capr Denton   Genl Clarke  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

The State of Ohio Wayne County ss.
On this twentyfifth day of September A.D. 1845 personally appeared before me Jacob Parker President Judge of the Eleventh Judicial circuit of the Court of Common Pleas within the State of Ohio Sarah Dulin a resident of Chester Township in the County of Wayne aged eighty years past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oaths make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting military pay and pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of John Dulin who was a private and sergeant during the revolutionary war that her deceased husband entered the publick service in the year 1777 and was discharged in the fall of the year 1780 the name of his Captain not remembered but served under Genl. Clark at the Battle of the Pickaway Plains in the month of August 1780 her said husband was draughted from the neighbourhood of Lexington in the State of Kentucky and that her deceased husband left at the time of his death in her possession the Original certificate from the war department of his pension claim she further states that she was married to the said John Dulin on the 7th day of June in the year 1787 that her husband the aforesaid John Dulin died on the 25th day of May A.D. 1845 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four to wit at the time above stated
Sarah Dulin mark
Sworn to & Subscribed in open Court on the day & year above written before
Jacob Parker President Judge

The State of Ohio Wayne County ss
Michael D. Drah Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County. Know thy Certify that the Hon: Jacob Sartin be- fore whom the foregoing Declara-
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tion was made, was at that time, and now is, the President Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of said Court of Common Pleas within said State of Ohio, duly Commissioned and qualified as such according to law, and to all whose official acts full faith and Credit are or of right ought to be given in Indictures and thereout. That the foregoing Declaration was made in open Court, and from which & other testimony it was satisfac- torily proven to the Court that John Dulin was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, that he was for a number of years last past on the pen- sion list, that he resided for a period of about ten years last past in Chester Township in said County of Wayne, that he departed this life, at said Chester Township on the 21 st day of May A.D. 1845, that he left a widow, Sarah Dulin who is still living in said Chester Township, and the Court were further satis- fied from testimony taken in open Court that the said John Dulin & Sarah Dulin for a long period lived together and were reputed in the neighborhood in which they lived to have been legally married.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Wooster this 29 th day of September A.D. 1845.
M. D. Drah Clerk

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10765
Sarah Dulin
Widow of John Dulin, Sergt. Rev War
Act: June 17 th /74
Index:—Vol. a , Page 199
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ohio 12266 ✓ Sarah Dole Letter to Mrs. Dole Nov. 11. 1845 Ms. A. 9. 2. 20

John Dulin, Pittsburgh, Pa. act 7 June '32 f 25 00 per ann
To What time was he last paid?
Pension Office April 29. 1847
G. C. A.
Died 21 st May 1845.
Paid to his death.
Ball B

Payments to be made at Pittsburgh, Pa. by Geo. W. Br. Bk. Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Pittsburgh
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3. Page 74 by John P. Sprague Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Dulin of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private and Sergeant during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Twenty five dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March , and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 29 th day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty=three
L. H. C. S.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

April 13, 1847
Rev. Mr.
Frank
Edwards
Hon. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Wooster Ohio
April 8. 1847.
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Sir Sir.
I again trouble you in reference to the application of Mrs. Sarah Dulin for a Pension. I believe I have procured the requisite testimony in reference to the marriage. a deed of conveyance executed by John Dulin & Sarah his wife & entered of record in the Records office of Washington county Penn. 21 Nov. 1793. A certificate of this fact duly authenticated I have directed the Records of deeds of Washington city Penn to make out & forward to the War Department at Washington & that the present title & possession of the said tract of land is traced regularly back to the said John Dulin & Sarah his wife. this testimony I suppose from the tenor of your instructions will satisfy the Department that they were recognized & lived together as husband & wife previous Jan'y 1. 1794. her declaration on oath before a Court of Record duly authenticated is on file in the Department which was forwarded some time ago together with the original certificate from the War Department of John Dulin her husband. the certificate from Washington Penn I presume will reach your department very soon after this note directing your attention to the matter in indulging the hope

that her claim to a Pension may be regarded as satisfactory to the Department the Lady's old infirmities in very inge- nuous circumstances will undoubtedly not remain long a charge on the bounty of her government.
With Respect. James C. Glasgow Hon. Dr Edward S. Comstock Pensions Washington D.C.

to Mr. [?] from [?] dated [?]
30
Wm Lloyd Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Wester O Jany 26 th . 1826
Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pension Dear Sir
Through the Pension Agency at Pittsburg Penn I have made an unsuccessful attempt to collect a small sum of arrearage due Mrs. John Dulin at the period of her death. I made a regular application to the Pittsburg Agency about the 1 st of October last for these arrearages together with her written declaration on oath before a Court of Record for the purpose of establishing her claim to be placed on the pension roll herself. These documents were for convenience at the time all made on the same sheet & enclosed with them John Dulin's Original Certificate from the War Department. I requested the agent at Pittsburg after adjusting the small amount of arrearage to forward her declaration to Washington with all the evidence that we were then in possession of to prove the relationship of husband & wife between the deceased Pensioner & his widow. That testimony I have since been advised by the Agent was not satisfactory to the Department - the Agent when he enclosed her declaration to Washington to await the instructions of the Department returned me by mail the Original Certificate the want of which he now complains - from the examination of the correspondence between the Agent & myself that for a more satisfactory explanation of this case I must enclose you it will be perceived that on the 5 th of Oct r . 1825 the date of his first communication all the necessary vouchers & documents were before him to authorize him to pay the arrearage at least to wit the Original Certificate of Pension accompanied by a certificate from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas setting forth as I believe all necessary facts in the purpose & object of the note - I now to request that the certificate of the Clerk endorsed on the back

of her declaration now as I am informed on file in the war department may be returned to the Pittsburgh Agency together with the original Certificate of Pension & Warrant of Attorney now enclosed if the department should decide that that will be sufficient to entitle the old lady to the small pittance she seeks from the government, for arrears the reason of the difficulty & misunderstanding in this case the department will better understand from the notes from the Agent I expect to present her claim to the department for a Pension as soon as I can procure the testimony establishing her marriage & I am somewhat uncertain whether the written deposition of an individual taken before competent authority will meet the requirements of the department or not of this I would like to be advised - for the purpose of drawing the arrears I suppose it will become necessary to forward to the Pittsburgh Agency her declaration on oath made agreeably to the instructions of the department inasmuch as the clerk's certificate the warrant which the agent now complains is on the back of it & if the arrears should be paid I suppose the agent will preserve the certificate of the clerk as a voucher and this will necessarily prevent us from forwarding to your department all the necessary vouchers & documents to entitle the old lady to her Pension she is a very old & infirm lady & we would like to avoid the necessity of again taking her declaration over again when we present her claim for a Pension.
Very Respectfully
James Glasgow

216.759.
Declaration of John Dalins
Addressed (Benj. S. Stewart) Washington Wash to Co Pennsylvania

Personally appeared before the sub- scribed a Justice of the peace in "and" for the County of Washington Penn a Archibald Allison who being duly sworn, according to law on his solemn oath doth depose and say
That he is well acquainted with John Dulin who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration
That this deponent has a personal knowledge of the fact that the said Dulin served the United States du- ring the Revolutionary (the precise year this deponent does not recollect) for one month in the capacity of orderly sergeant in a Company of drafted Militia (commanded by Captain Wright) This Company was marched from what is now called Washington Co Penn a to Fort Pitt where it re- mained during the whole month

guarding the fort and public works. The regulars who had been formerly garrisoned here had been ordered over the mountains - This department was a private in the Company of which Dublin was the orderly sergeant Sworn & Subscribed this twenty day of June 1833 Archibald Allison John Marshall
I John Marshall the justice of the peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was subscribed and sworn do certify that Archibald Allison who has sworn to & subscribed the same is a credible person and that full faith & credit should be given to his statement John Marshall

Washington County, ss. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I Thomas Officer, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for said county, do hereby certify, that, John Marshall Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit, were made, was at the time and now is a justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned, and that, full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts. Given under my hand and seal of office at Wash- ington the 22 d day of June A. D. 1833.
Thomas Officer, Proth. y

Pension Agency Falls City Nov 21 1845
J Carethius Esq
My Sir
In the case of Sarah Quinn we have the following letter from J S Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
"In the case of Sarah Quinn, the Service is established but the relation of husband and wife before January 1794 should be proved either by documentary or second evidence, or by the testimony of respectable neighbours, who by comparison of their own with the age of her children, or by any other certain data, may know that she was the recognized Wife of John Quinn prior to that date; When her pension is adjusted it will commence under the Act of 3d March 1843 and June 17 1844 from the day of her husband's death"
I am Respectfully Yours H F Henry

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J. C. Glasgow Esq. Wooster Ohio

Pension Agency
Pittsburgh Jan'y 17. 1846
H. Glasgow Esq Sir
Wardlaw Esq has handed to me the voucher of Sarah Quinn widow of John Quinn Rev. and your letter of 5th inst, in which you complain of my not paying the balance of pension due before sending the Certificate to Washington; to get her on the Coll, altho I stated at the time that the balance of pension could not be paid unless the Original Certificate of pension to John Quinn was returned up as well as the Certificate of the Clerk of the Court that she was the Widow of John Quinn
The Certificate of John Quinn is yet wanting, with the additional difficulty of the date of the voucher being over Ninety days, without there being any reason assigned in the voucher for the lack of such Certificate
All that can be done with them is to send the voucher with your letter to Washington, and if the reasons assigned in that letter should be satisfactory to the Department the money will be paid otherwise they will be returned
Very Respectfully
J. F. Murray
Pension Clerk

Thomas M'Kowen Revd Church Pittsburgh Pa Oct 14. 1845-
Application of Sarah Clinton Relieve of John Clinton to be placed on the Pension Roll

Pension Agency Pittsburgh Pa. Oct 14 1845 J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir,
The inclosed Application of Sarah Martin has been handed to me, to be examined and if correct to be forwarded to the Department, and inasmuch as I have no means of judging in this agency, you will please if found correct forward her Certificate to this Agency.
I am most Respectfully Your Obedient Servant
Thomas M. Howe Pension agt By H. T. Hinds

12266
ad '44 470
Sarah Dulin Ohio
Act. 7. July 38
d 21 may '45
Married before 1794 Rejected husband and 21 May 1845
Adm'd a ct 17 June 1844
to New Mil $20 00
to Supt- 5.00
25.00
June 21 May 1845
James Glasgow Norvin Ohio

Pittsbg October, 5th 1845;
Isaac Carothers Esqr
On Sir, The Application and voucher of Sarah Calvin being on the same sheet partly I have separated, and shall forward her application to Washington for reconsideration; the Original Certificate of Pension of John Calvin, and the power of Attorney are here with returned; which had better be retained by the Applicant until we know the fate of her application to be placed on the roll, then the usual evidence before the Court will draw the pension due him.
I fear some that the application may be returned for the want of some evidence of Marriage, more than her Oath however of this we will be informed by the department and when I will give you immediate notice;
Very Respectfully & Yr Obedient Servt

Washington Pa April 12th 1847. Hon S. C. Edwards
Dear Sir, According to the request of Messrs Jeffries & Glasgow Esqrs of Northern Ohio requesting me to give a certificate of the record of a certain deed that is Entered of Record in our Land Office formerly owned by John Dulan and Sarah Dulan his wife and sold by them as grantors to Allen Stewart granted premium that you have been advised, of what they want with the certificate as I know nothing about the matter, I accordingly make out the certificate as Entered of record
I am your dear Sir with due respect
James Brown,
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Washington County Pa,
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania I James Brown Recorder of Deeds in and for said County, do hereby certify that there is a deed Entered of record in our Land Office for a tract of Land situate in Hopewell Township in said County containing 80 Acres which was sold by John Dulan and Sarah Dulan his wife to Allen Stewart dated 30th August 1793 and recorded in November following in Book I Vol 1 Pages 730 & 731
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Office at Washington this 12th day of April Anno Domini 1847.
James Brown Recorder
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Aug 28 1846
Adams St. Cambridge
Dear Sir,
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James A. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Wootton O
Augst 22. 1846
Hon. J. L. Edwards.
Sir
I enclose you a deposition taken to establish the marriage of Sarah Dulin with John Dulin late a Pensioner of the United States from the tenor of your instructions recurred through the Pittsburgh Agency as to the nature of the proof that would be required. I am inclined to hope this deposition will prove satisfactory to the Department it is the very best evidence that under the circumstances of the case the long lapse of time & the impossibility of proving the marriage by record evidence can be procured. The original written declaration made out in due form agreeably to the instructions of the Pension Department of Mrs. Dulin & suppose is on file at the Pittsburgh Agency it having been returned there from Washington the voucher to procure her an annuity having been endorsed on the back of the same sheet I enclose a copy of a note from the Pension Department to the Pittsburgh Agency in which you say that the service of the deceased is established nothing more being necessary in order to have her name placed on the Pension roll than proof of her marriage or relationship with the deceased Pensioner.
Yours with due Respect
James L. Glasgow

State of ohio } Ashland County }
I personally came before me Daniel Campbell & Justices of the peace in & for said County Thomas wife of lawful age and was deposeth & saith Duly Sworn that he was acquainted with Sarah Dulin before she was married to John Dulin who was late a purchaser of the united States who formerly Resided in Hopewell Township Washington County Pennsylvan- -nia but who at the time of his Death — Resided in Chester Township Wayne County ohio that said Marriage took place some time about the year 1787- or 88, and I have been personally — acquainted with them ever since and that she has been the recognized wife of the said John Dulin from the period of the marriage above said till his Death which took place in May A D 1845 in Chester Township Wayne County ohio and further this Deponent saith not
Thos. Price
Sworn to & subscribed before me this eighth day of August A D 1846
Daniel Campbell Justices of the peace

The State of Ohio Ashland County ss
I, Daniel W. Brown, Clerk Pro Tem of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that Daniel Camplebe before whom the within affidavit was sworn to and sub- scribed was at the time thereof an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commis- sioned and qualified - that to his official acts full faith and credit are due, and that his signature thereto written is genuine. I do further certify that the within named Thom- as Albie is a respectable citizen of the County aforesaid. In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court at the Clerk's Office in Ashlands this 8th day of August A. D. 1846.
D. W. Brown Clerk P.T. By Chas. D. Faggart Deputy.